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Access to Books is Key to Children's Reading Success
Heart of America and Capital One Partner in Literacy Celebration to Donate
200,000 Books
WASHINGTON, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- According to research from the National
Center for Education Statistics, fourth-graders who reported having 25 books or
more at home scored higher on reading tests than their classmates with fewer
books at home. To help ensure that more children have an opportunity to read
and learn, the Heart of America Foundation -- through its Books From The Heart
program -- and Capital One Financial Corporation are joining together for the
second year to promote the Literacy Celebration -- a national book drive and
donation campaign.
In the first year of their partnership, Heart ofAmerica and Capital One
gathered more than 104,000 new and "gently-used" books and donated them to more
than 40,000 underprivileged children from across the country. The goal for the
2004 Literacy Celebration, which will take place from March 1-15, isto collect
200,000 books for partner schools and libraries and at-risk children who might
not otherwise have access to books -- the basic building blocks of knowledge.
"Literacy continues to be a problem across America today," said Bill
Halamandaris, co-founder of Heart of America. "The situation is made more
difficult by the fact that more than 12 million American children live in
poverty and lack the books they need to learn. Our partnership with Capital One
enables us to help get to the heart of the issue."
"Capital One is thrilled to support this effort. We have always looked for
innovative ways to help address community needs -- and particularly efforts to
help children in our communities to get a good start in life," said Capital One
CFO Gary Perlin. "Giving children access to books is an important beginning for
a successful future."
Capital One employees in Northern Virginia; Richmond, Va.; Boise, Idaho;
Dallas/Fort Worth; San Diego; Seattle; and Tampa will conduct book drives and
special events -- including readings to children at schools in impoverished
areas -- centered on raising awareness of literacy. The book drives and special
events will be held in conjunction with the National Education Association's
seventh-annual Read Across America Day, which will take place on March 2. Heart
of America will then match what Capital One employees collect, with the hope of
doubling last year's total.
About Heart of America
Books From The Heart(TM) is a national program of The Heart of America
Foundation(R), a nonprofit humanitarian network located in Washington, D.C. The
Heart of America's mission is to teach the values at the heart of America, and
help people learn, particularly youth, that we help ourselves when we help
others. The Books From The Heart(TM) program goal is to make sure children
across the country have books readily accessible in their schools and homes and
to provide a tool to teach school children about service to their communities.
About Capital One
Capital One is a proud sponsor of the Heart of America's Books From The Heart
program. This is the fourth year the financial services company has been
involved with Literacy Celebration and the second year it has joined with Heart
of America. Over the past four years, Capital One has been responsible for
placing about 140,000 books in the hands of 43,000 children. In addition,
Capital One employees have spent more than 6,000 hours reading and distributing
books to children.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One Financial Corporation
(http://www.capitalone.com/) is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries,
Capital One Bank and Capital One, F.S.B., offer consumer lending products and
Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., which offers auto loan products. Capital One's
subsidiaries collectively had 47.0 million managed accounts and $71.2 billion in
managed loans outstanding as of December 31, 2003. Capital One, a Fortune 500
company, is one of the largest providers of MasterCard and Visa credit cards in
the world. Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"COF" and is included in the S&P 500 index.
DATASOURCE: Heart of America
CONTACT: Bill Halamandaris of Heart of America, +1-202-347-6278,
; or Hamilton Holloway of Capital One, +1-804-284-5800,
cell: +1-804-347-4147,
Web site: http://www.capitalone.com/